San Antonio College Library

"We live in strange times. A machine plays the strategy game Go better than any human; upstarts like Apple and Google destroy industry stalwarts such as Nokia; ideas from the crowd are repeatedly more innovative than corporate research labs. MIT's Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson know what it takes to master this digital-powered shift: we must rethink the integration of minds and machines, of products and platforms, and of the core and the crowd....

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how we work right now. Are you ready? In the past, robots were typically large pieces of machinery, sectioned off from human workers to perform precise, mechanical tasks on an assembly line. But now, bots and other AI technologies go far beyond this in augmenting human capabilities--not just robots on the factory floor of an auto plant, but algorithms in the back office of a healthcare insurer and chatbots...

Researchers are finally cracking the code on artificial intelligence. It has the potential to usher in a new age of affluence and leisure-- but as Kaplan warns, the transition may be protracted and brutal unless we address the two great scourges of the modern developed world: volatile labor markets and income inequality. He proposes innovative, free-market adjustments to our economic system and social policies to avoid an extended period of social...

Discusses the development of economic theories of unemployment in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Focuses, in particular, on the technological unemployment debate of the 1930s and the structural unemployment debate of the 1960s. Looks at how economics works as a social science.

Study of the relationship between the communist political party and the armed forces in the USSR - includes sections on the dynamics of party-military relations, the role of the military in soviet politics, the historical perspective, the effect of technological change on party-military relations, etc., covers political problems, military leadership, political leadership, etc., and contains a diagram illustrating party control in the military establishment....

Essay on psychological aspects of computerization, dehumanizing features of computers and their impact on quality of working life and society, referring mainly to the USA - deals with mental stress and machine phobia, attitudes towards technological change, the industrial robots menace to employment, deterioration of human relations, family life and marriage, military applications, artificial intelligence, etc.; includes literature survey. References....

Explores economic theories to attempt to explain why some countries are richer than others. Argues that most differences are the result of country-specific policies which result in constraints on work practices and on the application of better production methods at the plant level. Such barriers imply differences in total factor productivity (TFP) at the aggregate level, suggesting that differences in international incomes are the result of differences...

Study of trends in educational needs and the educational system of developed countries and developing countries in the 1970s and 1980s - considers population dynamics, spread of informal education, impact of technological change on educational technology, compression of educational expenditure, growth of youth unemployment and regional disparity; covers the impact of cultural change on literacy, the role of UNESCO and other international cooperation...

Built to Last showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. But what about the company that is not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? For years, this question preyed on the mind of Jim Collins. Are there companies that defy gravity and convert long-term mediocrity...

Based on papers presented at a conference held at Cornell University on Mar. 7-9, 1986; co-sponsored by the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell and the Institute of Industrial Relations at Le Moyne College. Includes bibliographies and index.